An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.

Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all others for him to bear; but they are so, simply because they are the very ones he most needs.

If only we made half as much effort to change ourselves as to change others, the world would be a better place to live in.

Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel's wings.

But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.